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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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